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Best Practices for Closing the Loop Catriona Sheil BComm, MBS Principal Consultant, Customer Experience EMEA Qualtrics

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Best Practices for Closing the

LoopCatriona Sheil BComm, MBS

Principal Consultant, Customer Experience EMEAQualtrics

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Catriona Sheil Bcomm, MBSPrincipal Consultant – Customer Experience EMEA, Qualtrics

Catriona Scheil provides expert advice and consultancy to clients in the EMEA region on the design, management, and commercial impact of their Voice of the Customer Programs.

Prior to working with Qualtrics, Catriona was Head of Strategic Customer Experience at Vodaphone Ireland. She has over 10 years experience implementing customer experience programs and has held multiple senior marketing roles at a variety of organizations.

©2015 QUALTRICS LLC.

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Only the Minority Transform. Why?

Novices

Collectors

Analysers

Collaborators

Transformers

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

Source: Temkin 2015

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Success Factors

Strong Leadersh

ip

Vision & Clarity

Engagement & Collaboration

Metrics & Listening

Alignment &

Action

Patience & Commitme

nt

Key Success Factors

Action

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CLOSE THE LOOP IS ALL ABOUT ACTION

8020 RULE

THE

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3 Dimensions

Many(Outer

)

Strategic

Operational

B2B B2C

One (Inner)

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Strategic to OperationalLocal LevelFunctional/Regional

Individual Customer or AccountFrontline employees, supervisors

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Business to Consumer (B2C)Close the Loop Overview

Description How to close Owner(s)

Consistent feedback from customers that impacts strategic positioning or direction of client broadly

Develop global initiatives to address

Ex: Global Program Owner

Consistent feedback that is isolated to a particular Function or Country/Region

Develop Market initiatives to address

Ex Market SPOC

Individual Customer Feedback

Contact the individual customer and resolve their issue

Ex: Ops manager or dedicated team responsible for CTL.

9

LocalMarket

IndividualCustomer

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Close the Loop Overview

Description How to close Owner(s)

Develop Account Plan Key Account Manager

10

LocalMarket

Account Key Contact

IndividualClient Member

Feedback from particular account or individual contact

Business to Business

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Inner Loop Process

Feedback

Alert

Follow-upResolve

Learn

INNERLoop

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Inner Loop Examples FEEDBACK

RESOLVEorFIX

SATISFACTIONIMPROVEMENT

• Missed Appointment?

• Professional?

• Broadband Not Working?

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Inner Loop Examples FEEDBACK

COACHINGNEEDS

RESTRUCTURING

PERFORMANCEIMPROVEMENT

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Feedback

Analyse

IssuesRoot Cause

Solution

Outer Loop Process

OUTERLoop

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Issues

IssuesIssues

Program

Results

Commercial Impact

Program Framework

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Reporting - Employee

Outer Loop Examples

FEEDBACK

ISSUE IMPACTING CUSTOMER GROUPS

ISSUE RESOLVED

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CLOSE THE LOOP IS ALL ABOUT ACTION

8020 RULE

THE

REMEMBER...

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What to do? When to do it? How to do it? What Else?

• Thank them for their feedback

• Let them know you take it seriously

• Try to understand more

• Work out a resolution to their issue or communicate why there is none.

• Deliver the Resolution Promptly.

• Manage the clients expectations as resolution is being worked through.

• Check that client is satisfied with the outcome

• Respond Promptly• Respond in as near to

real-time as possible

• Be Patient• Remain Calm • Don’t take the

feedback personally• Use active listening

skills• Don’t be defensive or

argue back.• Actively sympathise

with the client for the inconvenience caused to them

• Apologise gracefully• Offer some goodwill

gesture to help mend the relationship if appropriate

Top Tips for Closing the Loop

• Use experienced personnel to deal with these situations

• Review trends and categories of individual issues so that you can implement proactive changes to prevent recurrence

• If possible track NPS impact and commercial impact of accounts who have had the close loop experience.

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Q&A

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Thank You!